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Rubens Peale
Raphaelle Peale (born Annapolis, MD 1774-died Philadelphia, PA 1825)
ca. 1800
- Medium
- watercolor on paper
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- sight 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (9.5 x 6.7 cm) rectangle
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Edwin Kirk
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
This small drawing of Rubens Peale (1784-1864) resembles many of the silhouettes made during this period, showing the artist’s brother in profile. Rubens was a favorite subject for his artistic family, and several members painted his likeness. Designed to be framed and hung on a wall rather than in a closed locket worn on the body, this piece demonstrates how the line between miniatures and small-scale drawings was beginning to blur.
